Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Controller of the Controllers

Everyone of us
nourishes a desire to control something. From a small
ant to the huge elephant, from a pauper on the street to the President of a
state, everyone thinks that “I am the controller”. An ant thinks, “I am the
controller of the little grain of sugar”, an elephant thinks “I am the
controller of the entire trees of the forest”, a pauper thinks, “I am the
controller of my begging bowl” and a President thinks, “I am the controller of
the entire nation”.It’s true that we
have tiny little control over certain things for a certain period of time. But
those controls are also taken away by the mighty time. Where is now Alexander
the Great, Napolean, Hitler, Ravana, or Auranzeb?

Revealed scriptures explain that all the
living entities are controllers of certain things but God, Krishna, is the
controller of all the controllers. He is the supreme controller. Sri Brahma –
samhita says,

isvarah
paramah krishna

sac-cid-änanda-vigrahah

anädir
ädir govindah

sarva-kärana-karanam

Translation: Krishna who is known as
Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He
is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all
causes: - Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura